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Dealing with churchgoers
2016-06-07 17:58:35 Post No. 17230508
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Dealing with churchgoers
Anonymous
2016-06-07 17:58:35
Post No. 17230508
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Recently I've been going to a newly opened church with my mother. I'm not really religious, but I love her more than anything. I know my father isn't going to go with her, so I've been going out of respect for my mom.
The people there seem perfectly nice, but after three weeks of attending, they're starting to take more of an interest in me. Part of going to church is developing a sense of community with other members, but these are not my people. I really don't know how to approach this, if I keep faking enthusiasm for this stuff I think things will only turn out badly. A prominent member of the church invited me to cell this afternoon, and I'm thinking about going up there just to tell him the truth about why I've been going to church. I want to let him know that, while I appreciate what he's trying to do, I'm not really interested in bonding with people I don't really identify with very much.
I've also met a girl there who's extremely interested in me. She's very cute, and I've enjoyed my conversations with her, but if she ever got to know me more intimately I know she wouldn't be as keen about me. She really has no idea what she's getting into with me and it would never work. What if we started dating and she kept pushing me to talk about my faith. What about her parents? I can't keep lying to these kind people, I feel bad enough keeping my mother in the dark.
Should I nip these things in the bud now, or is it a bad idea? I really don't know what to do.
